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* Starting with the 2021 film ''Stillwater'', the logo is remastered with more modern animation of the clouds, water, and letters. The logo is also a lighter shade of blue. ''Oslo'' has the still version of this logo at the end. | * Starting with the 2021 film ''Stillwater'', the logo is remastered with more modern animation of the clouds, water, and letters. The logo is also a lighter shade of blue. ''Oslo'' has the still version of this logo at the end. | ||
'''Technique:''' CGI | '''Technique:''' CGI from Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), directed by ILM animation supervisor Wes Takahashi; Hunt provided some of the resources for the logo. The 2021 variant was animated at Technicolor. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' The only SFX is when the bobber hits the water, and it makes a splashing sound. A very nice piece of orchestrated music that starts out with a guitar tune, followed by a loud, majestic horn fanfare, and ending with another guitar tune. Composed by John Williams. | '''Music/Sounds:''' The only SFX is when the bobber hits the water, and it makes a splashing sound. A very nice piece of orchestrated music that starts out with a guitar tune, followed by a loud, majestic horn fanfare, and ending with another guitar tune. Composed by John Williams. | ||
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* This logo preceded the 1997 [[BBC Studios Home Entertainment|BBC Video]] logo on the [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment]] DVD release of three ''Wallace & Gromit'' short films, it was later cut on future prints of these shorts. | * This logo preceded the 1997 [[BBC Studios Home Entertainment|BBC Video]] logo on the [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment]] DVD release of three ''Wallace & Gromit'' short films, it was later cut on future prints of these shorts. | ||
* Current prints of the studio's animated films and pre-2008 live-action films may have this logo preceded (or plastered) by a [[ Paramount Pictures]], [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]], [[Universal Pictures]], and/or a [[DreamWorks Animation]] logo. | * Current prints of the studio's animated films and pre-2008 live-action films may have this logo preceded (or plastered) by a [[ Paramount Pictures]], [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]], [[Universal Pictures]], and/or a [[DreamWorks Animation]] logo. | ||
* The logo | * The logo also appears on the video game adaptations of ''Shark Tale'' and ''Shrek 2'' (said films use the 2004 DreamWorks Animation logo), released in 2004, and on UK HDTV broadcasts of ''Chicken Run'' despite being distributed in the UK by [[Pathé]]. | ||
* This was also used as a de-facto home video logo in tandem with the [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment]] logo, mostly from foreign releases such as early Region 2/4 releases, most PAL/SECAM VHS releases such as ''Shrek 2'' (despite using the [[DreamWorks Animation]] logo instead on DVD releases) and many VCD releases in Hong Kong such as ''Chicken Run'' and ''The Cat in the Hat'' (with the logo silent; possibly due to [[ERA Home Video]] using the logo from ''Saving Private Ryan'' due to the film's massive popularity and success at the time). | * This was also used as a de-facto home video logo in tandem with the [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment]] logo, mostly from foreign releases such as early Region 2/4 releases, most PAL/SECAM VHS releases such as ''Shrek 2'' (despite using the [[DreamWorks Animation]] logo instead on DVD releases) and many VCD releases in Hong Kong such as ''Chicken Run'' and ''The Cat in the Hat'' (with the logo silent; possibly due to [[ERA Home Video]] using the logo from ''Saving Private Ryan'' due to the film's massive popularity and success at the time). | ||
'''Legacy:''' | '''Legacy:''' It's considered an iconic logo due to its combination of 2-D and 3-D animation, John Williams' score, and its 25+ year longevity. | ||
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